DonM I’m led to believe that tricking up the course like that makes it rough for the members to play for months. If so, imagine the impact on courses which host a tournament every year.
Heard the same thing that @Eguller said about the members liking it tough. But what courses could do is grow the rough before the tournament and cut it back to normal after.
Long rough is the great equalizer. Tough for anyone. Puts a premium on hitting fairways. And again, what this tournament is showing is that courses can be made tough and not have to be 8000 yards long.
This is an old Donald Ross design that was redone a few years ago (2019?). They're playing it ~ 7400 yards. My point is you can take these great old designed courses and make them more difficult without lengthening them or changing the golf balls.
I don't think people want to see difficult courses every week where most players struggle to break par. But the idea that these great old courses are becoming obsolete for tournaments just isn't the case. Or doesn't have to be the case.
